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I am defiantly interested in this game, I have be thinking about starting a 28mm WWII game for a while, and this one seems very good after reading some of WWPD’s coverage of it. It will also be very affordable to start, as with a box of WGFs Germans and Americans (I like them more than Warlord's ones) and the rulebook, I can start the game for about $70 and have around 500 pts for Germans and Americans in the game (I threw together some lists with WWPD's excel lists to see what I could make with 30 Germans and 30 Americans).

 scipio.au wrote:
Hm.. I'm thinking of buying a couple of FoW platoon blisters to use in BA as we were discussing earlier. I'll also play in 28mm (I've been buying up some Germans, Brits and Americans) but I'd also like to use a bunch of my 15mm armour.

Here's the tricky part - advice on which FoW figures to buy - there's a lot of ...variable quality in the FoW range, and if I'm going to play skirmish I'll paint them like their big cousins. So any advice on which Germans have the nicest sculpts, and also which Brits? I'd ideally like to get figures I can use as SS versus Paras (Arnhem theme) but I also just want to buy a blister of each and not a whole company box - and with the rounded bases (not the really old oval or irregular ones). I could use the new plastics, but I'd prefer metals - since the plastics would probably fly all over the table if I sneezed, while the metals ones have (a little) more heft.

I only have limited experience with infantry other than Italy, but I can say that the sculpts from the Late-War Panzergrenedier Platoon ( http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=1155 ) I have are good sculpts overall. This platoon is also good if you plan on using a lot of MG-42s, as it comes with 6.

For British paratroopers this: http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=1845 seems to be the only one not in a company box, but the figures are generally the same. If you want SS figures, this is their general infantry: http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=3057 , and SS Panzergrenediers are also available.

You can see close-ups of the figures painted in all of their "spotlight" articles, to get an idea of sculpt quality for yourself.

Thanks, Gen.Seric. I'm now thinking I may just bite the bullet and go with the Company boxes - Brit Paras and SS Panzergrenadierkompanie. It's more than I wanted to spend, but then again, if I want to play BA on a bigger scale than with the 28mm figures I already have, I may as well have more actual figures than I do in 28mm. Just means I have to wait a bit longer to afford them, but circumstances have just changed so I probably won't be doing much painting until just after Christmas anyway....

A bunch of test models built.



edit.

And another one.

The Assault on Normandy starter is out now, as is the Armies of Germany book with exclusive mini.

They also now have several thousand point army boxed sets on sale: http://www.warlordgames.com/28263/new-bolt-action-1000-point-army-boxed-sets/

There's also a slew of new early-war Waffen-ss mini's out now: http://www.warlordgames.com/28268/new-early-waffen-ss-reinforcements/

And on pre-order, the first of hopefully many PLASTIC BOLT ACTION VEHICLES: http://www.warlordgames.com/28280/plastic-bolt-action-vehicles/



Finally, preview of the M8 Scott GMC, a resin tank kit: http://www.warlordgames.com/28286/preview-m8-scott-gmc/

Finally! I knew it was a matter of time before they would plasticfy some of the more popular vehicles

Here's hoping they'll sell those vehicles on their own as well, I already have more than enough plastic Germans right now.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bolt-Action-Armies-Soviet-Union/dp/1780960905/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_83

By Amazon UK and released May 2013.

Still waiting on my Assault on Normandy to arrive where I pre-ordered it, but I'm liking the look of that Panzergrenadier set as well.. and the plastic Soviets ....it's 40k all over again...

Assault on Normandy has gone on official sale today, shipping wont happen until next week, as most of the Warlord staff is in Belgium right now for Crisis 2012 tomorrow.

I think that the re-release of the plastic hamlet kits may also be a reason for the lateness of this release.

Cool. Hopefully it ships from the UK to me next week then so I can get it before the end of November. (The WLG site says mid-late October stull)

So just as a general question, but can't you buy only one hanomag in the typical "force org" at a thousand points, and technically 2 past that? If so, wouldn't that make the third unable to be used in all but friendly games?

Because otherwise, I would buy this in a heartbeat.

I see a whole lot of potential for the minis, and the game. This could really be fun with the tanks, and stuff.

Pegasus bridge, here we come!

Sooo much good stuff. Dang.

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
So just as a general question, but can't you buy only one hanomag in the typical "force org" at a thousand points, and technically 2 past that? If so, wouldn't that make the third unable to be used in all but friendly games?

Because otherwise, I would buy this in a heartbeat.

"Note that transports can always be included up to one vehicle for every infantry and artillery unit in the reinforced platoon. This enables infantry to be mounted into carriers if desired, HQ units to have jeeps or similar vehicles, and artillery and anti-tank guns to have prime movers."
-- Bolt Action, p. 124

Hope that helps!

Awesome thank you. I knew I had missed something

I play a lot of M44 and this game seems to fit my miniature itch for WWII without the expense, hopefully as I unload my 40K/Warmahordes I can replace it with some BA minis, Thanks to those with informed reviews and views

Got an email just now that my Assault on Normandy starter is in the mail, so other sources should soon be sending them out as well.

A few more examples of the upcoming Russians:

Like them alot. They actually look much better in their painted variant.

Yeah, those look great.
Could just be the painting, but they've avoided the hideous troll faces of the British kit.

It's refreshing to see Warlord infantry not painted by Andrés.

Indeed good paint job, if only the photo was a a bit better taken.

Agreed, these minis are in the right step (though shame the other plastics wont get updated)

 AAN wrote:
Indeed good paint job, if only the photo was a a bit better taken.

Perhaps we should convince him to do so

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=286473

Just got word that Armies of Germany is on its way to me. So is Assault on Normandy sadly. Royal Mail and its Dutch equivalent, a horrible, terrible match made in heaven.

So, got to take a peek at the starter set, and I gotta say its a crazy awesome box of goodies. You get the same hardback book they sell on the shelves, 20 americans and 20 germans, the order dice, and a really cool plastic ruined farmhouse. Pretty good value from what I could tell, and everything in the box had really good detail. It's packed in there nice and tight toosho nobody should have anything broken when it shows up. If I didn't already have the rulebook I would probably look into getting it myself.

I have a rulebook and I'm still getting it!

I'm waiting on mine still.

Same here, kinda hoping it will drop in today or tomorrow.

Heres a group shot of the soviets which I assume shows all the figures you get

Might be miscounting it, but I count 43 minis, the box has enough parts for 40.